The 1997 LSU Tigers baseball team won a second consecutive NCAA championship at the College World Series, and the fourth overall for the school. The 1997 team put on an impressive display of power, hitting an NCAA record 188 home runs, including one in each of the 70 games they played that season.

The Tigers were coached by Skip Bertman, who was in his 14th season as LSU head baseball coach. LSU set a school record for victories, finishing with a 57–13 record, and won their second straight Southeastern Conference championship with a 22–7 overall mark.

Schedule/results 1997 LSU Tigers baseball Game Log Regular season February # Date Opponent Score Site/stadium Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SECRecord 1 February 15 Baylor 13–2 Alex Box Stadium Shipp (1–0) Bradford (0–1) - 6,563 1–0 2 February 15 Baylor 11–5 Alex Box Stadium Coogan (1–0) Lambert (0–1) - 6,140 2–0 3 February 16 Baylor 8–3 Alex Box Stadium Painich (1–0) Wells (0–1) - 6,549 3–0 4 February 18 Centenary 9–2 Alex Box Stadium Berthelot (1–0) Schoenborn (0–1) - 5,687 4–0 5 February 19 Southern 16–2 Alex Box Stadium Thompson (1–0) Gordon (1–1) - 5,636 5-0 6 February 21 North Carolina 11–4 Superdome Shipp (2–0) Elmore (0–1) - 7,727 6–0 7 February 22 N.C. State 3–2 Superdome Coogan (2–0) Black (1–2) - 11,449 7–0 8 February 23 Duke 9–8 Superdome Demouy (1–0) Sullivan (0–1) - 7,755 8–0 9 February 28 VCU 15–2 Alex Box Stadium Coogan (3–0) Finley (2–2) - 5,488 9–0 March # Date Opponent Score Site/stadium Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 10 March 1 VCU 22–0 Alex Box Stadium Thompson (2–0) Burch (0–3) - 6,104 10–0 11 March 2 VCU 6–4 Alex Box Stadium Berthelot (2–0) Berryman (2–2) - 5,546 11–0 12 March 4 Tulane 8–5 Alex Box Stadium Coogan (4–0) Brown (0–1) - 7,017 12–0 13 March 5 Southern 12–1 Alex Box Stadium Painich (2–0) Williams (1–1) - 5,503 13–0 14 March 7 Vanderbilt 19–5 Alex Box Stadium Coogan (5–0) Seybt (1–2) - 6,848 14–0 1-0 15 March 8 Vanderbilt 8–7 Alex Box Stadium Berthelot (3–0) Snow (2–2) Demouy (1) 6,975 15–0 2-0 16 March 9 Vanderbilt 7–3 Alex Box Stadium Shipp (3–0) Colley (2–2) - 6,635 16–0 3-0 17 March 11 Louisiana Tech 8–2 Alex Box Stadium Berthelot (4–0) Sonnier (1–2) Coogan (1) 6,548 17–0 18 March 12 Louisiana College 14–7 Alex Box Stadium Painich (3–0) Teeter (1–3) - 5,920 18–0 19 March 14 Georgia 6–5 (10) Foley Field Demouy (2–0) Jerue (1–1) - 2,302 19–0 4-0 20 March 15 Georgia 9–11 Foley Field Brownlee (3–0) Demouy (2–1) Crawford (2) 2,024 19–1 4-1 21 March 16 Georgia 7–3 Foley Field Coogan (6–0) Bridges (3–1) Thompson (1) 2,018 20–1 5-1 22 March 18 New Orleans 4–6 Privateer Park Faust (5–0) Thompson (2–1) Cabeceiras (1) 5,288 20–2 23 March 21 Florida 11–3 Alex Box Stadium Shipp (4–0) Edge (2–2) - 6,898 21–2 6-1 24 March 22 Florida 13–10 Alex Box Stadium Daugherty (1–0) Wilkerson (4–3) Painich (1) 6,659 22–2 7-1 25 March 23 Florida 9–5 Alex Box Stadium Thompson (3–1) McClendon (4–2) - 6,660 23–2 8-1 26 March 25 Louisiana Tech 13–1 J.C. Love Field Painich (4–0) Kelly (0–1) - 3,251 24–2 27 March 26 NE Louisiana 2–6 Indian Field Loland (2–2) Berthelot (4–1) - 4,371 24–3 28 March 28 Tennessee 12–3 Lindsey Nelson Stadium Coogan (7–0) Cosgrove (5–2) - 2,795 25–3 9-1 29 March 29 Tennessee 7–2 Lindsey Nelson Stadium Thompson (4–1) Folkers (3–1) - 3,337 26–3 10-1 30 March 30 Tennessee 8–6 (11) Lindsey Nelson Stadium Berthelot (5–1) Myers (5–2) Albritton (1) 2,757 27–3 11-1 April # Date Opponent Score Site/stadium Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 31 April 1 Nicholls State 13–5 Alex Box Stadium Demouy (3–1) Viator (1–4) - 7,012 28–3 32 April 2 McNeese State 9–6 Alex Box Stadium Daugherty (2–0) Huggins (2–6) - 6,591 29–3 33 April 4 South Carolina 9–8 Alex Box Stadium Coogan (8–0) Moore (1–1) Demouy (2) 6,538 30–3 12-1 34 April 5 South Carolina 7–8 Alex Box Stadium Jodie (6–0) Thompson (4–2) Speer (1) 6,753 30–4 12-2 35 April 6 South Carolina 11–10 (7) Alex Box Stadium Berthelot (6–1) Hoshour (4–2) Coogan (2) 6,828 31–4 13-2 36 April 8 Tulane 12–2 Turchin Stadium Demouy (4–1) Bell (3–2) - 4,500 32–4 37 April 9 NE Louisiana 12–4 Alex Box Stadium Painich (5–0) Sheets (2–2) - 6,575 33–4 38 April 12 Mississippi State 6–9 Dudy Noble Field Johnson (3–1) Coogan (8–1) - - 33–5 13-3 39 April 12 Mississippi State 20–12 Dudy Noble Field Thompson (5–2) Dilgard (5–1) - 6,032 34–5 14-3 40 April 13 Mississippi State 1–4 Dudy Noble Field Jackson (6–2) Painich (5–1) Johnson (7) 4,012 34–6 14-4 41 April 15 SW Louisiana 8–10 Alex Box Stadium Devey (1–0) Coogan (8–2) - 6,752 34–7 42 April 16 SE Louisiana 11–4 Alex Box Stadium Guillory (1–0) Pitarro (2–1) - 5,986 35–7 43 April 18 Ole Miss 7–1 Alex Box Stadium Coogan (9–2) Walker (1–2) - 6,775 36–7 15-4 44 April 19 Ole Miss 6–4 Alex Box Stadium Daugherty (3–0) DeYoung (3–6) Demouy (3) 6,661 37–7 16-4 45 April 20 Ole Miss 11–4 Alex Box Stadium Painich (6–1) Rodgers (3–3) - 6,713 38–7 17-4 46 April 22 New Orleans 8–11 Alex Box Stadium Hymel (5–2) Berthelot (6–2) - 6,413 38–8 47 April 23 Northwestern State 11–5 Alex Box Stadium Demouy (5–1) Lawrence (7–3) - 5,761 39–8 48 April 25 Auburn 7–1 Alex Box Stadium Coogan (10–2) Hudson (10–2) - 6,866 40–8 18-4 49 April 26 Auburn 8–0 Alex Box Stadium Thompson (6–2) Hebson (8–2) - 7,018 41–8 19-4 50 April 29 Southern 11–1 Alex Box Stadium Painich (7–1) Robinson (5–1) - 6,565 42–8 May # Date Opponent Score Site/stadium Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 51LSU at Arkansas - Game 1 May 2 Arkansas 13–8 Baum Stadium Daugherty (4–0) Lunney (4–2) - 3,918 43–8 20-4 52 May 3 Arkansas 11–5 Baum Stadium Thompson (7–2) Carnes (6–4) - 5,067 44–8 21-4 53 May 4 Arkansas 1–16 Baum Stadium Wright (5–2) Painich (7–1) Franks (7) 4,118 44–9 21-5 54 May 9 Alabama 4–6 Sewell-Thomas Stadium Vaz (3–1) Coogan (10–3) - 5,117 44–10 21-6 55 May 10 Alabama 2–28 Sewell-Thomas Stadium Henderson (10–2) Thompson (7–3) - 5,117 44–11 21-7 56 May 11 Alabama 6–4 Sewell-Thomas Stadium Thompson (8–2) Fisher (8–2) Demouy (4) 5,117 45–11 22-7 Post-season SEC baseball tournament # Date Opponent Score Site/stadium Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SECT Record 57 May 15 Auburn 5–2 Golden Park Coogan (11–3) Schoening (5–2) Demouy (5) 3,642 46–11 1-0 58 May 16 Tennessee 12–5 Golden Park Thompson (9–3) Cosgrove (10–5) - 2,576 47–11 2-0 59 May 17 Alabama 12–7 Golden Park Painich (8–2) Bernard (4–4) - 4,030 48–11 3-0 60 May 18 Alabama 2–12 Golden Park Daniel (5–0) Berthelot (6–3) - 4,268 48–12 3-1 NCAA South I Regional # Date Opponent Score Site/stadium Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT Record 61 May 22 UNC Greensboro 14–0 Alex Box Stadium Coogan (12–3) Surridge (6–6) - 6,654 49–12 1-0 62 May 23 Oklahoma 14–3 Alex Box Stadium Thompson (10–3) Smith (3–1) Guillory (1) 6,573 50–12 2-0 63 May 24 South Alabama 5–11 Alex Box Stadium Rayborn (2–1) Shipp (4–1) Nakamura (2) 6,726 50–13 2-1 64 May 25 Long Beach State 14–7 (11) Alex Box Stadium Coogan (13–3) Petrosian (4–3) - 6,687 51–13 3-1 65 May 26 South Alabama 14–4 Alex Box Stadium Thompson (11–3) Norton (9–6) - - 52–13 4-1 66 May 26 South Alabama 15–4 Alex Box Stadium Painich (9–2) Sparks (11–1) Daugherty (1) 7,041 53–13 5-1 College World Series # Date Opponent Score Site/stadium Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT Record 67 May 30 Rice 5–4 Rosenblatt Stadium Demouy (6–1) Anderson (10–2) - 20,551 54–13 6-1 68 June 1 Stanford 10–5 Rosenblatt Stadium Coogan (14–3) Peterson (11–3) - 23,867 55–13 7-1 69 June 4 Stanford 13–9 Rosenblatt Stadium Berthelot (7–3) Hutchinson (8–4) Coogan (3) 22,218 56–13 8-1 70 June 7 Alabama 13–6 Rosenblatt Stadium Thompson (12–3) Daniel (5–1) - 24,401 57–13 9-1

Statistical leaders

Batting Average Brandon Larson .381 Eddy Furniss .378 Blair Barbier .353

Hits Brandon Larson 110 Eddy Furniss 98 Mike Koerner 96

Home Runs Brandon Larson 40 Mike Koerner 22 Eddy Furniss 17 Tom Bernhardt 17

RBI Brandon Larson 118 Eddy Furniss 77 Mike Koerner 69

Wins Patrick Coogan 14 Doug Thompson 12 Joey Painich 9

ERA Chris Demouy 3.63 Kevin Shipp 4.10 Patrick Coogan 4.46

Strikeouts Doug Thompson 158 Patrick Coogan 144 Joey Painich 72

References